diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f5c04c..04b758a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/KQED/rss-braider.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/KQED/rss-braider)
+[![Dependencies](https://david-dm.org/rKQED/rss-braider.svg?branch=master))](https://david-dm.org/KQED/rss-braider)
+
 
 ## Summary
 Braid/aggregate one or more RSS feeds (file or url) into a single feed (RSS or JSON output). Process resulting feed through specified plugins. Automatic deduplication
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ npm install rss-braider
 ```
 $ cd examples
 $ node simple.js  (combines 3 sources)
-$ node plugins.js (combines 3 sources and runs a transformation plugin)
+$ node use_plugins.js (combines 3 sources and runs a transformation plugin)
 ```
 ### Code Example
 ```js
diff --git a/examples/simple.js b/examples/simple.js
index d79713d..87a5a86 100644
--- a/examples/simple.js
+++ b/examples/simple.js
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ var braider_options = {
 };
 var rss_braider = RssBraider.createClient(braider_options);
 
-// Set logging level (debug, info, warn, err, off)
-rss_braider.logger.level('off');
+// Set logging level (debug, info, warn, err)
+rss_braider.logger.level('info');
 
 rss_braider.processFeed('simple_test_feed', 'rss', function(err, data){
     if (err) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0e7f8ce..e1cbd16 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,16 +32,16 @@
   "author": "Kip Gebhardt <kgebhardt@kqed.org>",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "async": "^1.2.1",
+    "async": "^2.1.5",
     "bunyan": "^1.4.0",
-    "feedparser": "^1.1.3",
-    "include-folder": "^0.9.0",
-    "lodash": "^3.9.3",
+    "feedparser": "^2.1.0",
+    "include-folder": "^1.0.0",
+    "lodash": "^4.17.4",
     "request": "^2.57.0",
     "rss": "git://github.com/rv-kip/node-rss.git#8d1420"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "mockdate": "^1.0.3",
+    "mockdate": "^2.0.1",
     "tape": "^4.0.0"
   }
 }